San Jose, CA
A 22-year-old male asked:
Blood pressure: 117/68 resting heart rate sitting: 75bpm - 85bpm exercise everyday. friend's sitting resting heart: 70bpm - 75bpm why? heart disease?
2 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in
Dr. Stephen Southardanswered
Internal Medicine 16 years experience
Variation: There can be a lot of variation between individuals resting heart rates. In general, the more "fit" you are cardiovascular wise, the lower your resting heart rate will be; so you friend may be a bit more "fit" than you. But in reality that's a very small difference and if many factors may contribute to day to day variations. Neither of those heart rate ranges suggest "heart disease".
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Dr. Elizabeth Wallenanswered
Pediatrics 36 years experience
Normal: These are all perfectly normal values. Good job on the regular exercise. Keep it up!
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Last updated Jul 3, 2018
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